clean housekeeper, and no, her fat old cat doesn’t jump up onto the counters – and the catbox is indeed in the kitchen, but in the same corner as the rubbish and recycling bins, well away from food prep areas. Taking...

and was trained (and in turn trained others) that the coins go into the hand first, THEN the bills. That way the coins are cupped in your hand not sliding off of the paper.

. For less than the cost of one of the author’s chickens, I entertained 5 people for dinner this weekend on a dinner of soft shell crabs and fresh scallop kinilaw and had leftovers to recycle into a new meal.

The food photos on the wall at Back-A-Yard in Menlo Park make me drool, and the food fulfills the promise. The rest of the decor is quite forgettable, and the menu is paper. :-)

. Found out the hard way when I was in a rough spot and need a job, and he had an opening, that I was as disposable as a paper towel. He is a cheap one! And proud, just as the person you describe. Anyone who would send back a...

to the right with a few tables tucked away. Bathroom has Mastering the art of french cooking by JC as wall paper. Cool touch. Was told that the other bathroom had a virginia housewife cook book in the same manner. To wrap it up,...

I wrote a column for the local paper last year about cooking for college students, and I shopped with a very keen eye for price while I was testing recipes. There was no way on earth I could’ve bought local/organic! These...

are becoming stiff and slightly arthritic. It saves me a lot of discomfort. My other discovery is that if I store my homemade loaf in a standard plastic grocery bag instead of plastic wrap, a paper bag, a baggie, or those...

to protect your hands from the heat. Perfect, crispy corn on the cob! The peeling part is a pain b/c the husk is hot, but not having to wash a pan is so wonderful. I hear you can do the same with pre-peeled corn by using a wet...

, and seized it. Restaurants go out of business all the time, and the locations get recycled - particularly when they’re interesting ones like this old post office building. So does this make me an uppity nouveau riche high...

- lke added sodium. Then there’s the additional issue of shipping the can and throwing away or recycling the can, if you want to pick nits. Furthermore, the cost difference is not minuscule, it’s rather dramatic. You...

be talented, but based on $350 worth of data, she and the entire kitchen at Spago, besides just recycling these dishes, is resting on its laurels. 2.) You are welcome to your opinion on the water issue. Again, it is not a huge...

at the mouth of the Deschutes River, as it flows into a freshwater lake, just at the mouth of Puget Sound. To read more about the demise of the Olympia Brewery, and the local yokel’s reactions, the link below is to an...

Gargoyle’s – Ideas are better on paper than execution – much ballyhooed poke a disappointment. I can’t comment on the Butcher Shop because I won’t ever try a $16 hot dog (unless they plump when you...

dessert). Ilan? too full of himself to learn much – expect more tapas and casa mono recycling. he should use the $$ well and travel and learn beyond the cannon he’s mastered. maybe he will. he’s a proficient...